Explore Quotes on Motivation

I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.

If you develop a pure and sincere motivation, if you are motivated by a wish to help on the basis of kindness, compassion, and respect, then you can carry on any kind of work, in any field, and function more effectively.

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.

Sometimes nature guards her secrets with the unbreakable grip of physical law. Sometimes the true nature of reality beckons from just beyond the horizon.

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.

Obstacles to job creation in America are a result of policy, not of motivation.

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.

In this country, it doesn't make any difference where you were born. It doesn't make any difference who your parents were. It doesn't make any difference if, like me, you couldn't even speak English until you were in your twenties.

My own dreams fortunately came true in this great state. I became Mr. Universe; I became a successful businessman. And even though some people say I still speak with a slight accent, I have reached the top of the acting profession.

If my life was a movie, no one would believe it.

I do the same exercises I did 50 years ago and they still work. I eat the same food I ate 50 years ago and it still works.

I just use my muscles as a conversation piece, like someone walking a cheetah down 42nd Street.

I am the most helpful and open up doors for everyone and I like to share.

I'm addicted to exercising and I have to do something every day.

If you work hard and play by the rules, this country is truly open to you. You can achieve anything.

Well, you know, I'm the forever optimist.

You can scream at me, call me for a shoot at midnight, keep me waiting for hours - as long as what ends up on the screen is perfect.

I welcome and seek your ideas, but do not bring me small ideas; bring me big ideas to match our future.

What we face may look insurmountable. But I learned something from all those years of training and competing. I learned something from all those sets and reps when I didn't think I could lift another ounce of weight. What I learned is that we are always stronger than we know.

In our society, the women who break down barriers are those who ignore limits.